Blackfish is a documentary directed by filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite in 2013. The documentary shares a story of an orca named Tilikum, who has killed three individuals while kept in captivity. This documentary uses footage to portray Tilikum as a killer whale that has not lived a pleasant life at SeaWorld, leaving the viewers feeling very emotional. What most people fail to understand is that Blackfish is mostly told by former SeaWorld trainers and does not provide balanced and accurate information. This documentary is propaganda, rather than an actual documentary; it manipulates the audience to believe that killer whales should not be kept in captivity, when they actually should.
“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic fiction short story about a boy named Michael who has to live with his Aunt Esther after his parents die. In the beginning, Michael is sad and grieves his parents. He has to live with his Aunt Esther because she was the only one who would take him. Soon, Michael buys a pet hermit crab to keep him company. His aunt tries to get closer to Michael by trying to have something in common with him.
"Crossing the Swamp," a poem by Mary Oliver, confesses a struggle through "pathless, seamless, peerless mud" to a triumphant solitary victory in a "breathing palace of leaves. " Oliver's affair with the "black, slack earthsoup" is demonstrated as she faces her long coming combat against herself. Throughout this free verse poem, the wild spirit of the author is sensed in this flexible writing style. While Oliver's indecisiveness is obvious throughout the text, it is physically obvious in the shape of the poem itself.
The book, “Nothing But The Truth” by AVI follows the story of a ninth-grade student named Philip Malloy. Philip Malloy is generally a good kid who is a great runner. The story starts with Philip working out and getting ready for the track season. He has been working for months for the upcoming season until the track coach, Coach Jamison, has to talk with him. Philip is told that he has a D in his English class which is a failing grade according to their school's handbook.
‘The Demon Shark: II Predator or Prey?’ embodies the ecocriticism literary nature of ‘The Boy Behind the Curtain’ with Tim Winton maintaining a ruthless frontier attitude to the preservation of the environment by pointing out the unfair “[routine vilification]” of sharks, which has led to most of them “[disappearing] globally without an outcry”. In this particular passage, Winton disapproves of the media variously describing the shark as “a terrorist” and “an insidious threat”, even though we are “far more likely to die on the toilet”, or in a car accident, or from a bee sting than from a shark encounter. Winton draws parallels between the prejudice against sharks and discrimination in human society, influencing my creative response regarding
Sometimes individuals get so determined to reach their goal they become lost and find their selves blind to their original desire in the process. Throughout AVI’s nothing but the truth, Philip Malloy and his narrow minded attitude bounces from wanting to be a part of the track team to becoming allies with his homeroom teacher, Miss Narwin. Phil becomes distracted overtime which leads towards him making choices that end up affecting other character’s daily lives. Phil’s hate for Miss Narwin forces him to get kicked out of her class due to him humming which turns into neither Phil nor Miss Narwin being able to attend Harrison high school any longer. Philips regretful decisions ultimately lead to a undeserved loss of a career and a developed well
A Child Called It, by Dave Pelzer, is an autobiography of a young boy who is starved, beaten, and tortured by his mother. Despite this terrible beginning he manages to turn his life around. David uses his faith, a positive attitude, and determination to survive his mother's abuse. As an adult he won numerous awards, became a well- known speaker on child abuse, and had his own son whom he loved and cared for. David was beaten everyday as a child.
What would you do if you were overworked at your job? Jack, in the play The Boys Next Door, by Tim Griffin, is worked to the brink day after day. He helps four disabled grown men with buying groceries, guiding them through everydays, and connecting them to the outside world. After years of working with the men Jack decides to leave. Jack's decision to the leave the men is justified because he stayed with them a long time, his stress might become to overwhelming so that he is hurting more than helping, and he deserves the chance to chase after his own desires.
Tile A 13 year old girl snuck out in the middle of the night to meet up with friends she had met on an online game called Roblox but was pronounced missing by her family the next day. For instance, in the video When Kids Get Life produced by Ofra Bikel stresses that Life without parole sends a message that you are not worthy of rehabilitation. Juveniles cannot be tried with the same standard as adults, the reason behind this is that juveniles do not have the same amount of time and experience living as an adult who would have committed a crime would have. The justice system thinks it is unfair and unconstitutional to give a child life in a sentence because a child’s brain has not fully developed as for the adult they all have no leniency towards them.
Tom Wolfe, a renowned American journalist, and novelist who has written a dozen successful American fictions from 1965 to 2012. In particular, Wolfe’s novel, The Right Stuff, illustrates the early stage of the United States space program and the story of the fearless American astronauts and test pilots who made massive achievements and contributions to the science and practice of aviation, such as broking the sound barrier and conquering the space. Before the Tom Wolfe’s career and destiny as a journalist and novelist, he wants to be a professional baseball player and even tried out for the New York Giants after he graduated from the Washington and Lee University in 1951, but it was a failure at the end. After that, he abandoned baseball and
A Child Called “It” That child that was called “It “or the “boy” has a name. That boy, now a grown man is named Dave Pelzer. In the beginning, I wasn’t sure what I wanted my choice of book to be. After the suggestion of this book, I decided it on it.
Throughout the world’s history, book burning has always been a supposed remedy for the spread of “unfavorable” knowledge. Whether it be a repressive regime trying to snuff out rebellious ideals or a religious institution claiming heresy, countless “forbidden” books have been burned. And yet, in the end these actions were completely ineffective, because no matter how many books you burn you cannot burn an idea. Nonetheless, the town of Drake in North Dakota decided to burn every copy of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five after finding it dissatisfying. In response, Vonnegut wrote his letter “I Am Very Real.”
Literary Analysis: “The Love of My Life” "The Love of My Life," written by T.C. Boyle, tells the story of Jeremy and China, two high school students who share a deep and profound love for each other. Jeremy and China's relationship is portrayed as all-consuming and passionate, as they are completely infatuated with each other. Nothing else mattered to them, but their deep desires for each other. Despite the intensity of their relationship, both teens are faced with life-altering situations that lead them down a dark path of irrational decisions. Boyle masterfully explores the complexities of love and the sacrifices that come with it, creating a notable example of how love can drive people to act irrationally and make questionable decisions.
Maximus Gorman February 9th, 2023 Mr. Barton, Honors English III Period 9 Manufactured Addiction: The Dark Side to Fast Food Fast food has become a staple in modern society, offering convenience and quick meals for anyone on the go. However, this major success can relate to the manipulative tactics used by fast food corporations to create addiction in their customers. From persuasive advertising to price manipulation, fast food companies employ a variety of strategies to keep customers coming back for more, and capitalize on inherent addictiveness. The result of this addiction is a wide range of negative health effects that hurt customers and society as a whole.
Tony C. Brown’s psychoanalytic article on Cultural Psychosis relates Marlow’s experience to a subversive way of thinking that comes from social attitudes and cultural ignorance. Brown defines psychosis at the beginning of the article with a quote from Slovoj Žižek’s “Grimaces of the Real”, “Therein consists the most elementary formal definition of psychosis; the massive presence of some real that fills out and blocks the perspective openness which is constitutive of “reality”” (350). Brown’s argument is that when placing a European, who has been influenced by cultural psychosis, into a setting that is foreign to them, such as Colonial Africa, he loses any sense of social norms that were deeply ingrained in the psyche of Europeans. However,
